I know. When I first started posted on Empire if you'd have said I'd ever say "Kudos to Gary Barlow" I'd have told you to fuck off. Funny what a difference 17 years makes.

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I'm your huckleberry...

All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

I'm feeling similar to Laz, where was Bowie or the Who. The Stones, and Noel would have been better than Liam. Plus they should have used the hologram program Snoop used for Tupac in order to have Freddy play with Queen one last time.

Don't you get the feeling that any one with an ounce of credibility refused to do this gig?

And also like ROTK the previous 3 hours had been largely disappointing.

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I'm your huckleberry...

All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

Sums it up for me.

Going to have to disagree with the first part and its interconnectedness with the second part. The Olympics IS a competition: life is not. There is no point in being there if you're not going for gold. Of course there is no reason to be happy and proud of being silver or bronze if you did your best, but to say that the MOST important thing is taking part is rubbish. It's a competition. There is so much watering down of competitive spirit by people trying to allow equality, where competition is the very definition of inequality. As was said so aptly in The Incredibles, "when everyone is special, no one is".

Maybe they didn't take their sports so seriously back in 1908

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Great games though - it all went smoothly, and most importantly, the sport was good.

My favourite moments: 1. 800m mens final - a beautiful bit of running, and such a good race. 2. Chad Le Clos beating Phelps. 3. Bolt getting 3 Golds again 4. Farah getting double 5. Sanchez sobbing during his medal ceremony 6. All the good looking athletes. 7. Phelps being fantastic 8. All the cycling and the rowing. 7. The men's gym contest - so tense as they kept going up the table. 8. The German discus thrower leaping over the hurdles. 9. Tomasz Majewski (Poland's shot putter) defending his title. He always looks a bit like a former hippy. 10. The men's pole vault and high jump finals - both were great.

And finally - Michael Johnson and Ian Thorpe. I know Johnson already does a lot for the BBC whenever they have an athletics competiton on, but they mustn't lose him. And Ian Thorpe has to return for the next one.

My favourite moments: 1. 800m mens final - a beautiful bit of running, and such a good race.

I think that was probably my favourite moment as well, but soooo many to choose from, not just all the GB performances (I think I shed a swimmming poool of tears every time I saw Nicola Adams smile) but every competitor from every country, every winner, every record broken was just pure magic.

I think that was probably my favourite moment as well, but soooo many to choose from, not just all the GB performances (I think I shed a swimmming poool of tears every time I saw Nicola Adams smile) but every competitor from every country, every winner, every record broken was just pure magic.

I forgot to put her on my list. Fantastic performances from her and the enthusiasm she had brought a smile to my face.